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A Famous Church and Noted Tavern
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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Creator
Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title
A Famous Church and Noted Tavern
Date
ca. 1922
Description
View of a large, neo-classical building and the adjacent small, brick tavern. Pedestrians on the sidewalk wear 18th century-style clothing.
Notes
White Horse alley, now Bank street, at its conjunction with High street, was flanken, a century ago, by the Frist Presbyterian Church and the Indian King tavern. The former upon the east, a beautiful edifice, was built in 1795 upon the site of the old "Buttonwood Church." The congregation abandoned it in 1822 because of the encroachements of the market traffic, removing to Seventh and Locust streets. The tavern on the western side is much older. It was, in 1735, the meeting-place of the Grand Lodge, F. and A.M., of Pennsylvania, of which, at the time, Benjamin Franklin was the Grand Master. Here also met the brethren of St. John's Lodge, of which Franklin was a member, and who were active in the erection of Independence Hall.
Taylor Catalog Number: 87
Is part of
Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier
Taylor - Case 6-5 [2717.F]
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Frank H. Taylor Illustration Collection
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